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Document 12002M018

    Treaty on European Union (Nice consolidated version)
    Title V: Provisions on a common foreign and security policy
    Article 18
    Article J.8 - EU Treaty (Maastricht 1992)

    SL C 325, 24.12.2002, p. 16–17 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)

    Legal status of the document In force

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/treaty/teu_2002/art_18/oj

    12002M018

    Treaty on European Union (Nice consolidated version) - Title V: Provisions on a common foreign and security policy - Article 18 - Article J.8 - EU Treaty (Maastricht 1992) -

    Official Journal C 325 , 24/12/2002 P. 0016 - 0017
    Official Journal C 340 , 10/11/1997 P. 0159 - Consolidated version
    Official Journal C 191 , 29/07/1992 P. 0060


    Treaty on European Union (Nice consolidated version)

    Title V: Provisions on a common foreign and security policy

    Article 18

    Article J.8 - EU Treaty (Maastricht 1992)

    Article 18

    1. The Presidency shall represent the Union in matters coming within the common foreign and security policy.

    2. The Presidency shall be responsible for the implementation of decisions taken under this title; in that capacity it shall in principle express the position of the Union in international organisations and international conferences.

    3. The Presidency shall be assisted by the Secretary-General of the Council who shall exercise the function of High Representative for the common foreign and security policy.

    4. The Commission shall be fully associated in the tasks referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2. The Presidency shall be assisted in those tasks if need be by the next Member State to hold the Presidency.

    5. The Council may, whenever it deems it necessary, appoint a special representative with a mandate in relation to particular policy issues.

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